Hema Penmetsa (Updates Only)

🌟 A LANGUAGE ALL OUR OWN (Abrams, 2027).
📚 Diverse Stories that engage, inform, and empower.
✨ Rep: Elizabeth Rudnick @ GMA.

[Hema Penmetsa (Updates Only) @hemapen]

I am THRILLED to share some fantastic news. It's official: My very first picture book will be published in fall 2026!!

I can’t wait to share this story of my heart featuring a dynamic and fun brother-sister duo, with y’all soon-ISH! 🥳
#PictureBooks #WNDB #WritingCommmunity

[Hema Penmetsa (Updates Only) @hemapen]

@RachnaChhabria1 What a wonderful premise! Congratulations, Rachna!

[Hema Penmetsa (Updates Only) @hemapen]

@sarenaandsasha @HolidayHouseBks @ParkFineBrower Gorgeous! Congrats, guys!

[Hema Penmetsa (Updates Only) @hemapen]

@KZavus Thank you!

[Hema Penmetsa (Updates Only) @hemapen]

I am THRILLED to share some fantastic news. It's official: My very first picture book will be published in fall 2026!!

I can’t wait to share this story of my heart featuring a dynamic and fun brother-sister duo, with y’all soon-ISH! 🥳
#PictureBooks #WNDB #WritingCommmunity

[Mindy Alyse Weiss @MindyAlyseWeiss]

If you're an unagented writer or author/illustrator of picture books, I hope you'll enter the 2025 #PBParty contest. It has helped make so many agent and editor matches...and we can't wait to see the magical matches that will happen this year.

https://t.co/4Rp9p3prDW

#kidlit #PB #picturebooks

[Mindy Alyse Weiss @MindyAlyseWeiss]

Here's the list of 55 participating agents, editors & ADs for the 2025 #PBParty contest. Wahoooooo!

I'll shout out as more yeses come in.

To help you prepare, this post has a link to the 2025 Ranking Party (thanks for running it @BeccaMcMurdie) & a participant badge/banner.

https://t.co/RCclHuB1qp

[Hema Penmetsa (Updates Only) @hemapen]

Check out this year's #PBParty dates if you're #AmQuerying and write picture books!

#AmWriting #WritingCommunity

[Mindy Alyse Weiss @MindyAlyseWeiss]

If you're an unagented writer or author/illustrator of picture books, I hope you'll enter the 2025 #PBParty contest. It has helped make so many agent and editor matches...and we can't wait to see the magical matches that will happen this year.

https://t.co/4Rp9p3prDW

#kidlit #PB #picturebooks

[Hema Penmetsa (Updates Only) @hemapen]

@LawyerBri How awesome! All the best, Bri!

[Hema Penmetsa (Updates Only) @hemapen]

@kbworld33 Thank you, Karen, for such an insightful workshop tonight! Lots of good for thought. (And I love the workshop’s title, btw! :))

[Hema Penmetsa (Updates Only) @hemapen]

#amquerying

[Hema Penmetsa (Updates Only) @hemapen]

What a fabulous morning it was at #WBPitchandPlay!

Now, looking forward to learning all about pitching PBs better in Picture Palooza II Panel!!

[Hema Penmetsa (Updates Only) @hemapen]

Totally second this! #WritingCommunity

[J Buchet, Kidlit Imagineer & Author @Yangmommy]

Excited for today's #WBPitchandPlay! Great way to spend the day, with #kidlit folks, learning,growing & championing each other together! @TheWritingBarn

[Hema Penmetsa (Updates Only) @hemapen]

Excited to be immersed in the community of #WBPitchandPlay all day today!

#AmQuerying #WritingCommmunity

[Hema Penmetsa (Updates Only) @hemapen]

Attention, #amquerying #AmWriting peeps!

[The Writing Barn @TheWritingBarn]

Hear from past Pitch & Play attendees! 👂

The insider tips gained from our Industry Engagement Days are invaluable! How could some of these affect your queries?

Register for our upcoming event here: https://t.co/ZcQhSkF6e5

[Hema Penmetsa (Updates Only) @hemapen]

@MerriamWebster Deity

[The Writing Barn @TheWritingBarn]

Last chance to apply for https://t.co/JE7TwVSlzo. for Novelists with NYT-bestselling author @carriejonesbook! Here's how the program helped Sophia Velasquez Martinez level up her craft & confidence. https://t.co/t1L6oBl3D8 #amwriting #writercommunity #amquerying

[Courage to Create Community with Bethany Hegedus @CTCWriters]

Snag a copy of @BethanyHegedus book here: https://t.co/swVlPRLpCq

[Hema Penmetsa (Updates Only) @hemapen]

@JyotiGopal @Candlewick @PublishersWkly @nabihaiderali Gorgeous, Jyoti, both text and art! Congratulations to the whole team!

[The Writing Barn @TheWritingBarn]

Industry transparency is a key part of Writing Barn programming. 🔑

Join @BethanyHegedus + a panel of recent WB Success Stories at this FREE event & get tips on staying the course, creative resilience + how investing in yourself & your lit life pays off.

https://t.co/zslTi2J3sg

[Hema Penmetsa (Updates Only) @hemapen]

GIRLS LIKE HER: An unflinching portrayal of the bleak journey of 15-year-old Ruby, whom both the system and adults in her life have failed.

@melaniesumrow tells the story with great tenderness and sensitivity & leaves the readers with hope.

https://t.co/GX6WymT8Uo

[The Writing Barn @TheWritingBarn]

Think you don't have a funny bone? 🦴

Let comedy genius @SauerTammi guide you through the process! Join us for her craft webinar and create the next rollicking read-aloud the publishing industry is hungry for.

Sign up here: https://t.co/y0iKw6kKoM